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Brazil at the 1970 FIFA World Cup

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Brazil team, before the match against Peru in the quarter-final

At the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Brazil participated for the 9th time in the event. The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup. The 1970 Brazil line-up is often considered to be the greatest football team in history.[1][2][3]

The Brazilian front five of Jairzinho, Pelé, Gérson, Tostão and Rivellino were all Number 10s in their own right and together they created an irresistible attacking momentum, with Pelé having central role in Brazil's way to the final, playing a part in 14 of Brazil's 19 goals in the tournament.[4] In the first match, against Czechoslovakia, Pelé gave Brazil a 2–1 lead, by controlling Gerson's long pass with his chest and then scoring. In this match Pelé audaciously attempted to lob goalkeeper Ivo Viktor from the half-way line, only narrowly missing the Czechoslovak goal.[5] Brazil went on to win the match, 4–1. In the first half of the match against England, Pelé nearly scored with a header that was spectacularly saved by Gordon Banks.[6][7] In the second half, he assisted Jairzinho for the only goal of the match. Against Romania, Pelé opened the score on a direct free kick goal, a strong strike with the outside of his right foot. Later on in the match he scored again to take the score to 3–1. Brazil won by a final score of 3–2. In the quarterfinals against Peru, Brazil won 4–2, with Pelé assisting Tostão for Brazil's third goal. In the semi-finals, Brazil faced Uruguay for the first time since the 1950 World Cup final round match. Jairzinho put Brazil ahead 2–1, and Pelé assisted Rivellino for the 3–1. During that match, Pelé made one of his most famous plays.[5] Tostão gave Pelé a through ball, and Uruguay's goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz took notice of it. The keeper ran off of his line to get the ball before Pelé, but Pelé got there first and fooled the keeper by not touching the ball, causing it to roll to the keeper's left, while Pelé went right. Pelé went around the goalkeeper and took a shot while turning towards the goal, but he turned in excess as he shot, and the ball drifted just wide of the far post.

Brazil played Italy in the final, with Pelé scoring the opener, with a header over Italian defender Tarcisio Burgnich.[8] He then made assists on Jairzinho's and Carlos Alberto's goals, the latter one coming after an impressive collective play.[9][10] Brazil won the match 4–1, keeping the Jules Rimet Trophy indefinitely, and Pelé was named player of the tournament.[11] Burgnich, who marked Pelé during the final, was quoted saying "I told myself before the game, he's made of skin and bones just like everyone else — but I was wrong".[12]

Brazil were given the Jules Rimet Trophy for keeps after winning in 1970. Housed in the Brazilian Football Association's Rio de Janeiro headquarters, the cup was stolen in 1983. It is thought the thieves melted it down for its more-than 3 kg of solid gold.

Squad

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Head coach: Mário Zagallo[13]

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Félix (1937-12-24)24 December 1937 (aged 32) 23 Brazil Fluminense
2 2DF Brito (1939-08-09)9 August 1939 (aged 30) 28 Brazil Flamengo
3 2DF Piazza (1944-02-25)25 February 1944 (aged 26) 16 Brazil Cruzeiro
4 2DF Carlos Alberto (c) (1944-07-17)17 July 1944 (aged 25) 40 Brazil Santos
5 3MF Clodoaldo (1949-09-26)26 September 1949 (aged 20) 7 Brazil Santos
6 2DF Marco Antônio (1951-02-06)6 February 1951 (aged 19) 7 Brazil Fluminense
7 4FW Jairzinho (1944-12-25)25 December 1944 (aged 25) 45 Brazil Botafogo
8 3MF Gérson (1941-01-11)11 January 1941 (aged 29) 54 Brazil São Paulo
9 4FW Tostão (1947-01-25)25 January 1947 (aged 23) 36 Brazil Cruzeiro
10 4FW Pelé (1940-10-23)23 October 1940 (aged 29) 81 Brazil Santos
11 3MF Rivellino (1946-01-01)1 January 1946 (aged 24) 21 Brazil Corinthians
12 1GK Ado (1946-07-04)4 July 1946 (aged 23) 2 Brazil Corinthians
13 4FW Roberto (1944-07-31)31 July 1944 (aged 25) 9 Brazil Botafogo
14 2DF Baldocchi (1946-03-14)14 March 1946 (aged 24) 1 Brazil Palmeiras
15 2DF Fontana (1940-12-31)31 December 1940 (aged 29) 6 Brazil Cruzeiro
16 2DF Everaldo (1944-09-11)11 September 1944 (aged 25) 8 Brazil Grêmio
17 2DF Joel (1946-09-18)18 September 1946 (aged 23) 26 Brazil Santos
18 3MF Paulo César (1949-06-16)16 June 1949 (aged 20) 14 Brazil Botafogo
19 4FW Edu (1949-08-06)6 August 1949 (aged 20) 29 Brazil Santos
20 4FW Dario (1946-03-04)4 March 1946 (aged 24) 3 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
21 2DF Zé Maria (1949-05-18)18 May 1949 (aged 21) 1 Brazil Portuguesa
22 1GK Leão (1949-07-11)11 July 1949 (aged 20) 2 Brazil Palmeiras

Brazil competed in Group 3 of the 1970 FIFA World Cup in Guadalajara's Estadio Jalisco between 2 and 11 June 1970. Brazil won the group, and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with World Cup holders England. Romania and Czechoslovakia failed to advance.

Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Brazil 3 3 0 0 8 3 +5 6
 England 3 2 0 1 2 1 +1 4
 Romania 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 2
 Czechoslovakia 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0

Czechoslovakia vs Brazil

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Czechoslovakia 1–4 Brazil
Petráš 11' Report Rivellino 24'
Pelé 59'
Jairzinho 61', 83'
Attendance: 52,897
GK 1 Ivo Viktor
DF 2 Karol Dobiaš
DF 5 Alexander Horváth (c) Yellow card
DF 3 Václav Migas
DF 4 Vladimír Hagara
MF 16 Ivan Hrdlička downward-facing red arrow 46'
MF 9 Ladislav Kuna
MF 18 František Veselý downward-facing red arrow 75'
MF 8 Ladislav Petráš
FW 10 Jozef Adamec
FW 11 Karol Jokl
Substitutions:
MF 6 Andrej Kvašňák upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 7 Bohumil Veselý upward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
Jozef Marko
GK 1 Félix
DF 4 Carlos Alberto (c)
DF 3 Piazza
DF 2 Brito
DF 16 Everaldo
MF 5 Clodoaldo
MF 8 Gérson Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 62'
MF 7 Jairzinho
FW 9 Tostão Yellow card
FW 10 Pelé
FW 11 Rivellino
Substitutions:
MF 18 Caju upward-facing green arrow 62'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


Assistant referees:
Abraham Klein (Israel)
Arturo Yamasaki (Mexico)

England vs Brazil

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Brazil were putting defending champions England under enormous pressure and an attack was begun by captain Carlos Alberto who sent a low ball down the right flank for the speedy Jairzinho to latch on to.[14] The Brazilian winger sped past left-back Terry Cooper and crossed the ball into the six-yard box, where Pelé connected with a powerful header to send the ball low towards the right-hand corner of the goal.[14] In the knowledge that his header was placed to perfection, Pelé immediately shouted "Gol!" (Portuguese for goal).[15][16]

The split-second incident only allowed England goalkeeper Gordon Banks time for one conscious thought – that the shot was impossible to catch, and the only way to prevent Pelé from following up on the rebound would be to parry the ball over the bar.[15] The ball bounced two yards in front of the goal-line, and Banks managed to make contact with the ball with the fingers of his right hand, and rolled his hand slightly to angle to ball over the crossbar.[15] He landed in the inner netting of the goal, and knew he had saved the ball after witnessing Pelé's reaction.[15] Banks then rose to his feet to defend the corner, and broke into laughter after the following exchange:[17]

The only goal of the game was scored by Jairzinho in the 59th minute, a powerful right footed shot from about seven yards out on the right of the penalty area after receiving a pass from Pele.

England 0–1 Brazil
Report Jairzinho 59'
Attendance: 66,843
GK 1 Gordon Banks
DF 14 Tommy Wright
DF 5 Brian Labone
DF 6 Bobby Moore (c)
DF 3 Terry Cooper
MF 4 Alan Mullery
MF 8 Alan Ball
MF 9 Bobby Charlton downward-facing red arrow 63'
MF 11 Martin Peters
FW 10 Geoff Hurst
FW 7 Francis Lee Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 63'
Substitutions:
MF 19 Colin Bell upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 22 Jeff Astle upward-facing green arrow 63'
Manager:
Alf Ramsey
GK 1 Félix
DF 4 Carlos Alberto (c)
DF 3 Piazza
DF 2 Brito
DF 16 Everaldo
MF 5 Clodoaldo
MF 18 Caju
MF 7 Jairzinho
FW 9 Tostão downward-facing red arrow 68'
FW 10 Pelé
FW 11 Rivellino
Substitutions:
FW 13 Roberto upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


Assistant referees:
Arturo Yamasaki (Mexico)
Roger Machin (France)

Romania vs Brazil

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Romania 2–3 Brazil
Dumitrache 34'
Dembrovschi 84'
Report Pelé 19', 67'
Jairzinho 22'
GK 21 Stere Adamache downward-facing red arrow 27'
DF 2 Lajos Sătmăreanu
DF 3 Nicolae Lupescu
DF 5 Cornel Dinu
DF 4 Mihai Mocanu Yellow card
MF 15 Ion Dumitru Yellow card
MF 10 Radu Nunweiller
MF 7 Emerich Dembrovschi
MF 16 Alexandru Neagu
FW 9 Florea Dumitrache downward-facing red arrow 72'
FW 11 Mircea Lucescu (c)
Substitutions:
GK 1 Necula Răducanu upward-facing green arrow 27'
FW 17 Gheorghe Tătaru upward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
Angelo Niculescu
GK 1 Félix
DF 4 Carlos Alberto (c)
DF 3 Piazza
DF 2 Brito
DF 16 Everaldo downward-facing red arrow 60'
DF 15 Fontana
MF 5 Clodoaldo downward-facing red arrow 74'
MF 18 Caju
FW 7 Jairzinho
FW 9 Tostão
FW 10 Pelé
Substitutions:
DF 6 Marco Antônio upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 19 Edu upward-facing green arrow 74'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


Assistant referees:
Ramón Barreto (Uruguay)
Vital Loraux (Belgium)

Quarter-Final Brazil vs Peru

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Brazil 4–2 Peru
Rivellino 11'
Tostão 15', 52'
Jairzinho 75'
Report Gallardo 28'
Cubillas 70'
Attendance: 54,233
GK 1 Félix
DF 4 Carlos Alberto (c)
DF 3 Piazza
DF 2 Brito
DF 6 Marco Antônio
MF 5 Clodoaldo
MF 8 Gérson
FW 7 Jairzinho downward-facing red arrow 80'
FW 9 Tostão downward-facing red arrow 67'
FW 10 Pelé
MF 11 Rivellino
Substitutions:
FW 13 Roberto upward-facing green arrow 67'
MF 18 Caju upward-facing green arrow 80'
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK 1 Luis Rubiños
DF 2 Eloy Campos
DF 14 José Fernández
DF 4 Héctor Chumpitaz (c)
DF 5 Nicolás Fuentes
MF 6 Ramón Mifflin
MF 7 Roberto Challe
FW 8 Julio Baylón downward-facing red arrow 54'
FW 9 Pedro Pablo León downward-facing red arrow 61'
FW 10 Teófilo Cubillas
FW 11 Alberto Gallardo
Substitutions:
DF 19 Eladio Reyes upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 20 Hugo Sotil upward-facing green arrow 54'
Manager:
Brazil Didi


Assistant referees:
Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
Gyula Emsberger (Hungary)

Semi-final Uruguay vs Brazil

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Luis Cubilla opened the scoring for Uruguay in the 19th minute when he hit a right footed shot from the right of the six yard box that went past the goalkeeper and just inside the back post. Clodoaldo equalised for Brazil just before half time when he received the ball on the left side of the penalty area from a cross from the right and shot right footed past to the right of the net. Pelé made one of his most famous plays. Tostão then gave Pelé a through ball, and Uruguay's goalkeeper Ladislao Mazurkiewicz took notice of it. The keeper ran off of his line to get the ball before Pelé, but Pelé got there first and fooled the keeper by not touching the ball, causing it to roll to the keeper's left, while Pelé went right. Pelé went around the goalkeeper and took a shot while turning towards the goal, but he turned in excess as he shot, and the ball drifted just wide of the far post. Jairzinho got the second goal for Brazil in the 76th minute, after receiving the ball he made a run past the defender and into the penalty box before shooting a low right footed shot into the net. The third goal for Brazil was scored by Rivellino in the 89th minute, a powerful low left footed shot from the edge of the penalty area into the right corner of the net.

Uruguay 1–3 Brazil
Cubilla 19' Report Clodoaldo 44'
Jairzinho 76'
Rivellino 89'
GK 1 Ladislao Mazurkiewicz
DF 4 Luis Ubiña (c)
DF 2 Atilio Ancheta
DF 3 Roberto Matosas
DF 6 Juan Mujica Yellow card
MF 10 Ildo Maneiro Yellow card downward-facing red arrow 77'
MF 20 Julio César Cortés
MF 5 Julio Montero Castillo
MF 7 Luis Cubilla
FW 15 Dagoberto Fontes Yellow card
FW 11 Julio Morales
Substitutions:
FW 9 Víctor Espárrago upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
Juan Hohberg
GK 1 Félix
DF 4 Carlos Alberto (c) Yellow card
DF 3 Piazza
DF 2 Brito
DF 16 Everaldo
MF 5 Clodoaldo
MF 8 Gérson
MF 7 Jairzinho
FW 9 Tostão
FW 10 Pelé
FW 11 Rivellino
Manager:
Mário Zagallo


Assistant referees:
Ferdinand Marschall (Austria)
Tofiq Bahramov (Soviet Union)

Final

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The 1970 FIFA World Cup Final was contested by Brazil and Italy on 21 June 1970 in the Estadio Azteca in Mexico, to determine the winner of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. This final marked the first time that two former world champions met in a final; Italy had previously won the World Cup in 1934 and 1938, while Brazil won in 1958 and 1962.

Brazil struck first, with Pelé heading in a cross by Rivellino at the 18th minute.[18] Roberto Boninsegna equalized for Italy after a blunder in the Brazilian defence. In the second half, Brazil's firepower and creativity was too much for an Italian side that clung to their cautious defensive system. Gérson fired in a powerful shot for the second goal, and then helped provide the third, with a long free kick to Pelé who headed down into the path of the onrushing Jairzinho. Pelé capped his superb performance by drawing the Italian defence in the centre and feeding captain Carlos Alberto on the right flank for the final score. Carlos Alberto's goal, after a series of moves by the Brazilian team from the left to the centre, is considered one of the greatest goals ever scored in the history of the tournament.[19]

A total of 8 outfield players from Brazil passed the ball until Captain Carlos Alberto hammered the ball into the corner of the Italian goal following an inch perfect pass across the Italian 18 yard box from Pelé, prompted by the intelligent Tostão, who, with his back to the goal, told Pelé that Alberto was steaming in on the right flank. Tostão started the move 5 yards from the left of the Brazilian 18 yard box, then ran the length of the field to the Italian box without touching the ball again to tell Pelé to lay it off for Alberto. The players involved in the passes in order were Tostão, Brito, Clodoaldo, Pelé, Gérson, defender Clodoaldo beat 4 Italian players in his own half before passing to Rivellino who hit a perfect pass down the wing to Jairzinho. Jairzinho crossed from the wing to the centre of the box to Pelé who held the ball up to play a pass for Alberto to smash it home. The only outfield players not involved in the move were Everaldo and Piazza. The full team was Carlos Alberto, Felix, Piazza, Brito, Clodoaldo, Everaldo Antonio, Jairzinho, Gérson, Tostão, Pelé and Rivellino. Brazil won the World Cup with 19 goals scored by 7 players, all of whom featured in the Carlos Alberto goal. Before the finals in Mexico, Brazil had to play the qualifying rounds against Colombia, Venezuela and Paraguay. Brazil was far superior winning all 6 games, scoring 23 goals and conceding only 2. In the last match of the qualifying rounds Brazil beat Paraguay 1 – 0 and had the largest official audience ever recorded for a football match, with 183,341 spectators in Brazil's Maracanã Stadium. In total the Brazilian team won all 12 games, scoring 42 goals and conceding only 8.

With this third win after their 1958 and 1962 World Cup victories, Brazil became the world's most successful national football team at that time, surpassing both Italy and Uruguay, who each had two championships. Brazil also earned the right to retain the Jules Rimet Trophy permanently.[20] (However, it was stolen in 1983 while on display in Rio de Janeiro and never recovered.) Brazilian coach Mário Zagallo was the first footballer to become World Cup champion as a player (1958, 1962) and a coach, and Pelé ended his World Cup playing career as the first (and so far only) three-time winner.[21]

Brazil 4–1 Italy
Pelé 18'
Gérson 66'
Jairzinho 71'
Carlos Alberto 86'
Report Boninsegna 37'
GK 1 Félix
DF 4 Carlos Alberto (c)
DF 2 Brito
DF 3 Piazza
DF 16 Everaldo
MF 5 Clodoaldo
MF 8 Gérson
MF 7 Jairzinho
FW 9 Tostão
FW 10 Pelé
FW 11 Rivellino Yellow card
Manager:
Mário Zagallo
GK 1 Enrico Albertosi
DF 2 Tarcisio Burgnich Yellow card
DF 3 Giacinto Facchetti (c)
DF 5 Pierluigi Cera
DF 8 Roberto Rosato
MF 10 Mario Bertini downward-facing red arrow 75'
MF 13 Angelo Domenghini
MF 15 Sandro Mazzola
MF 16 Giancarlo De Sisti
FW 11 Luigi Riva
FW 20 Roberto Boninsegna downward-facing red arrow 84'
Substitutions:
MF 18 Antonio Juliano upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 14 Gianni Rivera upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Ferruccio Valcareggi


Assistant referees:
Rudolf Scheurer (Switzerland)
Ángel Norberto Coerezza (Argentina)

References

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